Robb Willer, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States 
 Sociology Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 
Area:
Collective Action/Social Movements, Gender, Morality, Political Psychology, Prosocial Behavior, Social Psychology

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Year Citation  Score
2022 Simpson B, Willer R, Feinberg M. Radical flanks of social movements can increase support for moderate factions. Pnas Nexus. 1: pgac110. PMID 36741469 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac110  0.658
2022 Goldenberg A, Abruzzo JM, Huang Z, Schöne J, Bailey D, Willer R, Halperin E, Gross JJ. Homophily and acrophily as drivers of political segregation. Nature Human Behaviour. PMID 36411346 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01474-9  0.37
2022 Santos LA, Voelkel JG, Willer R, Zaki J. Belief in the Utility of Cross-Partisan Empathy Reduces Partisan Animosity and Facilitates Political Persuasion. Psychological Science. 33: 1557-1573. PMID 36041234 DOI: 10.1177/09567976221098594  0.33
2020 Côté S, Stellar JE, Willer R, Forbes RC, Martin SR, Bianchi EC. The Psychology of Entrenched Privilege: High Socioeconomic Status Individuals From Affluent Backgrounds Are Uniquely High in Entitlement. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin. 146167220916633. PMID 32418465 DOI: 10.1177/0146167220916633  0.327
2020 Bavel JJV, Baicker K, Boggio PS, Capraro V, Cichocka A, Cikara M, Crockett MJ, Crum AJ, Douglas KM, Druckman JN, Drury J, Dube O, Ellemers N, Finkel EJ, Fowler JH, ... ... Willer R, et al. Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. Nature Human Behaviour. PMID 32355299 DOI: 10.1038/S41562-020-0884-Z  0.366
2020 Feinberg M, Willer R, Kovacheff C. The activist's dilemma: Extreme protest actions reduce popular support for social movements. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. PMID 31928025 DOI: 10.1037/Pspi0000230  0.692
2019 Feinberg M, Willer R. Moral reframing: A technique for effective and persuasive communication across political divides Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 13. DOI: 10.1111/Spc3.12501  0.651
2018 van Loon A, Bailenson J, Zaki J, Bostick J, Willer R. Virtual reality perspective-taking increases cognitive empathy for specific others. Plos One. 13: e0202442. PMID 30161144 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0202442  0.379
2018 Stellar JE, Willer R. Unethical and inept? The influence of moral information on perceptions of competence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 114: 195-210. PMID 29389214 DOI: 10.1037/Pspa0000097  0.454
2017 Simpson B, Willer R, Harrell A. The Enforcement of Moral Boundaries Promotes Cooperation and Prosocial Behavior in Groups. Scientific Reports. 7: 42844. PMID 28211503 DOI: 10.1038/Srep42844  0.4
2016 van de Rijt A, Akin I, Willer R, Feinberg M. Success-Breeds-Success in Collective Political Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment Sociological Science. 3: 940-950. DOI: 10.15195/V3.A41  0.695
2016 Kilduff GJ, Willer R, Anderson C. Hierarchy and its discontents: Status disagreement leads to withdrawal of contribution and lower group performance Organization Science. 27: 373-390. DOI: 10.1287/Orsc.2016.1058  0.349
2016 Boutyline A, Willer R. The Social Structure of Political Echo Chambers: Variation in Ideological Homophily in Online Networks Political Psychology. 38: 551-569. DOI: 10.1111/Pops.12337  0.439
2015 Côté S, House J, Willer R. High economic inequality leads higher-income individuals to be less generous. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112: 15838-43. PMID 26598668 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1511536112  0.375
2015 Feinberg M, Willer R. From Gulf to Bridge: When Do Moral Arguments Facilitate Political Influence? Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin. 41: 1665-81. PMID 26445854 DOI: 10.1177/0146167215607842  0.695
2015 Willer R, Wimer C, Owens LA. What drives the gender gap in charitable giving? Lower empathy leads men to give less to poverty relief. Social Science Research. 52: 83-98. PMID 26004450 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ssresearch.2014.12.014  0.339
2015 Simpson B, Willer R. Beyond Altruism: Sociological Foundations of Cooperation and Prosocial Behavior Annual Review of Sociology. 41: 43-63. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev-Soc-073014-112242  0.411
2015 van der Toorn J, Feinberg M, Jost JT, Kay AC, Tyler TR, Willer R, Wilmuth C. A sense of powerlessness fosters system justification: Implications for the legitimation of authority, hierarchy, and government Political Psychology. 36: 93-110. DOI: 10.1111/Pops.12183  0.703
2014 Feinberg M, Willer R, Schultz M. Gossip and ostracism promote cooperation in groups. Psychological Science. 25: 656-64. PMID 24463551 DOI: 10.1177/0956797613510184  0.682
2014 Feinberg M, Antonenko O, Willer R, Horberg EJ, John OP. Gut check: reappraisal of disgust helps explain liberal-conservative differences on issues of purity. Emotion (Washington, D.C.). 14: 513-21. PMID 24098928 DOI: 10.1037/A0033727  0.703
2014 Stellar JE, Willer R. The Corruption of Value: Negative Moral Associations Diminish the Value of Money Social Psychological and Personality Science. 5: 60-66. DOI: 10.1177/1948550613484770  0.361
2013 Côté S, Piff PK, Willer R. For whom do the ends justify the means? Social class and utilitarian moral judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 104: 490-503. PMID 23276265 DOI: 10.1037/A0030931  0.402
2013 Feinberg M, Willer R. The moral roots of environmental attitudes. Psychological Science. 24: 56-62. PMID 23228937 DOI: 10.1177/0956797612449177  0.669
2013 Saslow LR, Willer R, Feinberg M, Piff PK, Clark K, Keltner D, Saturn SR. My Brother's Keeper?: Compassion Predicts Generosity More Among Less Religious Individuals Social Psychological and Personality Science. 4: 31-38. DOI: 10.1177/1948550612444137  0.483
2013 Willer R, Conlon B, Rogalin CL, Wojnowicz MT. Overdoing gender: A test of the masculine overcompensation thesis American Journal of Sociology. 118: 980-1022. DOI: 10.1086/668417  0.304
2013 Young OA, Willer R, Keltner D. "Thou shalt not kill": Religious fundamentalism, conservatism, and rule-based moral processing Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 5: 110-115. DOI: 10.1037/A0032262  0.589
2013 Saslow LR, John OP, Piff PK, Willer R, Wong E, Impett EA, Kogan A, Antonenko O, Clark K, Feinberg M, Keltner D, Saturn SR. The social significance of spirituality: New perspectives on the compassion-altruism relationship Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 5: 201-218. DOI: 10.1037/A0031870  0.75
2012 Willer R, Sharkey A, Frey S. Reciprocity on the hardwood: passing patterns among professional basketball players. Plos One. 7: e49807. PMID 23236354 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0049807  0.388
2012 Feinberg M, Willer R, Antonenko O, John OP. Liberating reason from the passions: overriding intuitionist moral judgments through emotion reappraisal. Psychological Science. 23: 788-95. PMID 22636202 DOI: 10.1177/0956797611434747  0.676
2012 Anderson C, Willer R, Kilduff GJ, Brown CE. The origins of deference: when do people prefer lower status? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102: 1077-88. PMID 22369047 DOI: 10.1037/A0027409  0.404
2012 Feinberg M, Cheng JT, Willer R. Gossip as an effective and low-cost form of punishment. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 35: 25. PMID 22289314 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X11001233  0.676
2012 Feinberg M, Willer R, Stellar J, Keltner D. The virtues of gossip: reputational information sharing as prosocial behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102: 1015-30. PMID 22229458 DOI: 10.1037/A0026650  0.733
2012 Feinberg M, Willer R, Keltner D. Flustered and faithful: embarrassment as a signal of prosociality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 102: 81-97. PMID 21928915 DOI: 10.1037/A0025403  0.731
2012 Simpson B, Willer R, Ridgeway CL. Status hierarchies and the organization of collective action Sociological Theory. 30: 149-166. DOI: 10.1177/0735275112457912  0.35
2012 Willer R, Flynn FJ, Zak S. Structure, identity, and solidarity: A Comparative field study of generalized and direct exchange Administrative Science Quarterly. 57: 119-155. DOI: 10.1177/0001839212448626  0.375
2011 Feinberg M, Willer R. Apocalypse soon? Dire messages reduce belief in global warming by contradicting just-world beliefs. Psychological Science. 22: 34-8. PMID 21148457 DOI: 10.1177/0956797610391911  0.657
2009 Willer R, Kuwabara K, Macy MW. The false enforcement of unpopular norms. Ajs; American Journal of Sociology. 115: 451-90. PMID 20614762 DOI: 10.1086/599250  0.388
2009 Willer R. Groups reward individual sacrifice: The status solution to the collective action problem American Sociological Review. 74: 23-43. DOI: 10.1177/000312240907400102  0.379
2008 Simpson B, Willer R. Altruism and indirect reciprocity: The interaction of person and situation in prosocial behavior Social Psychology Quarterly. 71: 37-52. DOI: 10.1177/019027250807100106  0.402
2007 Barclay P, Willer R. Partner choice creates competitive altruism in humans. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 274: 749-53. PMID 17255001 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2006.0209  0.341
2007 Kuwabara K, Willer R, Macy MW, Mashima R, Terai S, Yamagishi T. Culture, identity, and structure in social exchange: A Web-based trust experiment in the United States and Japan Social Psychology Quarterly. 70: 461-479. DOI: 10.1177/019027250707000412  0.399
2007 Willer R. Dissertation abstract: A status theory of collective action Experimental Economics. 10: 189-190. DOI: 10.1007/S10683-006-9150-0  0.45
2005 Centola D, Willer R, Macy M. The emperor's dilemma: A computational model of self-enforcing norms American Journal of Sociology. 110: 1009-1040. DOI: 10.1086/427321  0.365
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